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On average, homes sold in November were on the market for 59 days, which is a 20 percent drop from November of 2012, the report shows.

The number of active listings was also down 13 percent, to 21,164 listings.

In Tarrant County, the strongest sales last month were in central west Arlington, where the median price also rose 74 percent from a year ago, and in the south Fort Worth/Crowley area. The median sales price rose 77 percent in southeast Fort Worth, to $50,000, despite sales being down 25 percent last month, the report says.

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In September, Red Sanders traveled as far as China to promote his Fort Worth film production company, Red Productions. But last week he traveled to Austin to make sure the movie and film industry stays strong in Texas.

The Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce and some city officials have joined forces with Sanders to make sure legislators know how important incentives offered by the Texas Film Commission are for the local and state economy.